¹Et venerunt Ziphæi ad Saul in Gabaa,And the Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah,dicentes:saying:Ecce David absconditus est in colle Hachila,“Behold, David is hidden on the hill of Hachilah,quæ est ex adverso solitudinis.which is opposite the wilderness.”

¹Et venerunt Ziphæi ad Saul in Gabaa,And the Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah,dicentes:saying:Ecce David absconditus est in colle Hachila,“Behold, David is hidden on the hill of Hachilah,quæ est ex adverso solitudinis.which is opposite the wilderness.”

²Et surrexit Saul,And Saul rose up,et descendit in desertum Ziph,and he descended into the desert of Ziph,et cum eo tria millia virorum de electis Israël,and with him three thousand elect men of Israel,ut quæreret David in deserto Ziph.so that he might seek David in the desert of Ziph.

²Et surrexit Saul,And Saul rose up,et descendit in desertum Ziph,and he descended into the desert of Ziph,et cum eo tria millia virorum de electis Israël,and with him three thousand elect men of Israel,ut quæreret David in deserto Ziph.so that he might seek David in the desert of Ziph.

³Et castrametatus est Saul in Gabaa Hachila,And Saul encamped at Gibeah on Hachilah,quæ erat ex adverso solitudinis in via:which was opposite the wilderness on the way.David autem habitabat in deserto.But David was living in the desert. Then,Videns autem quod venisset Saul post se in desertum,seeing that Saul had arrived after him in the wilderness,

³Et castrametatus est Saul in Gabaa Hachila,And Saul encamped at Gibeah on Hachilah,quæ erat ex adverso solitudinis in via:which was opposite the wilderness on the way.David autem habitabat in deserto.But David was living in the desert. Then,Videns autem quod venisset Saul post se in desertum,seeing that Saul had arrived after him in the wilderness,

⁴misit exploratores,he sent explorers,et didicit quod illuc venisset certissime.and he learned that he certainly had arrived in that place.

⁴misit exploratores,he sent explorers,et didicit quod illuc venisset certissime.and he learned that he certainly had arrived in that place.

⁵Et surrexit David clam,And David rose up secretly,et venit ad locum ubi erat Saul:and he went to the place where Saul was.cumque vidisset locum in quo dormiebat Saul,And when he had seen the place where Saul was sleeping,et Abner filius Ner,and Abner, the son of Ner,princeps militiæ ejus,the leader of his military,et Saulem dormientem in tentorio, et reliquum vulgus per circuitum ejus,and Saul sleeping in a tent, and the remainder of the common people all around him,

⁵Et surrexit David clam,And David rose up secretly,et venit ad locum ubi erat Saul:and he went to the place where Saul was.cumque vidisset locum in quo dormiebat Saul,And when he had seen the place where Saul was sleeping,et Abner filius Ner,and Abner, the son of Ner,princeps militiæ ejus,the leader of his military,et Saulem dormientem in tentorio, et reliquum vulgus per circuitum ejus,and Saul sleeping in a tent, and the remainder of the common people all around him,

⁶ait David ad Achimelech Hethæum,David spoke to Ahimelech, the Hittite,et Abisai filium Sarviæ fratrem Joab,and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab,dicens:saying,Quis descendet mecum ad Saul in castra?“Who will descend with me to Saul in the camp?”Dixitque Abisai:And Abishai said,Ego descendam tecum.“I will descend with you.”

⁶ait David ad Achimelech Hethæum,David spoke to Ahimelech, the Hittite,et Abisai filium Sarviæ fratrem Joab,and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab,dicens:saying,Quis descendet mecum ad Saul in castra?“Who will descend with me to Saul in the camp?”Dixitque Abisai:And Abishai said,Ego descendam tecum.“I will descend with you.”

⁷Venerunt ergo David et Abisai ad populum nocte,Therefore, David and Abishai went to the people by night,et invenerunt Saul jacentem et dormientem in tentorio,and they found Saul lying down and sleeping in the tent,et hastam fixam in terra ad caput ejus:with his spear fixed in the ground at his head.Abner autem et populum dormientes in circuitu ejus.And Abner and the people were sleeping all around him.

⁷Venerunt ergo David et Abisai ad populum nocte,Therefore, David and Abishai went to the people by night,et invenerunt Saul jacentem et dormientem in tentorio,and they found Saul lying down and sleeping in the tent,et hastam fixam in terra ad caput ejus:with his spear fixed in the ground at his head.Abner autem et populum dormientes in circuitu ejus.And Abner and the people were sleeping all around him.

⁸Dixitque Abisai ad David:And Abishai said to David:Conclusit Deus inimicum tuum hodie in manus tuas:“God has enclosed your enemy this day in your hands. Now therefore,nunc ergo perfodiam eum lancea in terra semel,I will pierce him with my lance, through to the ground, once,et secundo opus non erit.and there will not need to be a second.”

⁸Dixitque Abisai ad David:And Abishai said to David:Conclusit Deus inimicum tuum hodie in manus tuas:“God has enclosed your enemy this day in your hands. Now therefore,nunc ergo perfodiam eum lancea in terra semel,I will pierce him with my lance, through to the ground, once,et secundo opus non erit.and there will not need to be a second.”

⁹Et dixit David ad Abisai:And David said to Abishai:Ne interficias eum:“You shall not kill him.quis enim extendet manum suam in christum Domini,For who may extend his hand against the Christ of the Lord,et innocens erit?and yet be innocent?”

⁹Et dixit David ad Abisai:And David said to Abishai:Ne interficias eum:“You shall not kill him.quis enim extendet manum suam in christum Domini,For who may extend his hand against the Christ of the Lord,et innocens erit?and yet be innocent?”

¹⁰Et dixit David:And David said:Vivit Dominus,“As the Lord lives,quia nisi Dominus percusserit eum,unless the Lord himself will strike him,aut dies ejus venerit ut moriatur,or unless his day to die will have arrived,aut in prælium descendens perierit:or unless, descending into battle, he will perish,

¹⁰Et dixit David:And David said:Vivit Dominus,“As the Lord lives,quia nisi Dominus percusserit eum,unless the Lord himself will strike him,aut dies ejus venerit ut moriatur,or unless his day to die will have arrived,aut in prælium descendens perierit:or unless, descending into battle, he will perish,

¹¹propitius sit mihi Dominus ne extendam manum meam in christum Domini.may the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord.Nunc igitur tolle hastam quæ est ad caput ejus,Now therefore, take the spear that is at his head,et scyphum aquæ,and the cup of water,et abeamus.and let us go.”

¹¹propitius sit mihi Dominus ne extendam manum meam in christum Domini.may the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord.Nunc igitur tolle hastam quæ est ad caput ejus,Now therefore, take the spear that is at his head,et scyphum aquæ,and the cup of water,et abeamus.and let us go.”

¹²Tulit igitur David hastam,And so, David took the spear,et scyphum aquæ qui erat ad caput Saul,and the cup of water that was at Saul’s head,et abierunt: et non erat quisquam qui videret,and they went away. And there was no one who saw it,et intelligeret,or realized it,et evigilaret, sed omnes dormiebant,or awakened, but they were all sleeping.quia sopor Domini irruerat super eos.For a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen over them.

¹²Tulit igitur David hastam,And so, David took the spear,et scyphum aquæ qui erat ad caput Saul,and the cup of water that was at Saul’s head,et abierunt: et non erat quisquam qui videret,and they went away. And there was no one who saw it,et intelligeret,or realized it,et evigilaret, sed omnes dormiebant,or awakened, but they were all sleeping.quia sopor Domini irruerat super eos.For a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen over them.

¹³Cumque transisset David ex adverso,And when David had crossed over to the opposite side,et stetisset in vertice montis de longe,and had stood upon the top of the hill far away,et esset grande intervallum inter eos,so that there was a great interval between them,

¹³Cumque transisset David ex adverso,And when David had crossed over to the opposite side,et stetisset in vertice montis de longe,and had stood upon the top of the hill far away,et esset grande intervallum inter eos,so that there was a great interval between them,

¹⁴clamavit David ad populum,David cried out to the people,et ad Abner filium Ner,and to Abner,dicens:the son of Ner,Nonne respondebis,saying,Abner?“Will you not respond,Et respondens Abner,Abner?”ait:And responding,Quis es tu,Abner said,qui clamas,“Who are you,et inquietas regem?that you would cry out and disquiet the king?”

¹⁴clamavit David ad populum,David cried out to the people,et ad Abner filium Ner,and to Abner,dicens:the son of Ner,Nonne respondebis,saying,Abner?“Will you not respond,Et respondens Abner,Abner?”ait:And responding,Quis es tu,Abner said,qui clamas,“Who are you,et inquietas regem?that you would cry out and disquiet the king?”

¹⁵Et ait David ad Abner:And David said to Abner:Numquid non vir tu es?“Are you not a man?et quis alius similis tui in Israël?And who else is like you in Israel?quare ergo non custodisti dominum tuum regem?Then why have you not guarded your lord the king?ingressus est enim unus de turba ut interficeret regem dominum tuum.For one of the people entered, so that he might kill the king, your lord.

¹⁵Et ait David ad Abner:And David said to Abner:Numquid non vir tu es?“Are you not a man?et quis alius similis tui in Israël?And who else is like you in Israel?quare ergo non custodisti dominum tuum regem?Then why have you not guarded your lord the king?ingressus est enim unus de turba ut interficeret regem dominum tuum.For one of the people entered, so that he might kill the king, your lord.

¹⁶Non est bonum hoc, quod fecisti:This is not good, what you have done.vivit Dominus, quoniam filii mortis estis vos,As the Lord lives, you are sons of death,qui non custodistis dominum vestrum,because you have not guarded your lord,christum Domini:the Christ of the Lord.nunc ergo vide ubi sit hasta regis,Now therefore, where is the king’s spear,et ubi sit scyphus aquæ qui erat ad caput ejus.and where is the cup of water that was at his head?”

¹⁶Non est bonum hoc, quod fecisti:This is not good, what you have done.vivit Dominus, quoniam filii mortis estis vos,As the Lord lives, you are sons of death,qui non custodistis dominum vestrum,because you have not guarded your lord,christum Domini:the Christ of the Lord.nunc ergo vide ubi sit hasta regis,Now therefore, where is the king’s spear,et ubi sit scyphus aquæ qui erat ad caput ejus.and where is the cup of water that was at his head?”

¹⁷Cognovit autem Saul vocem David,Then Saul recognized the voice of David,et dixit:and he said,Numquid vox hæc tua,“Is this not your voice,fili mi David?my son David?”Et ait David:And David said,Vox mea,“It is my voice,domine mi rex.my lord the king.”

¹⁷Cognovit autem Saul vocem David,Then Saul recognized the voice of David,et dixit:and he said,Numquid vox hæc tua,“Is this not your voice,fili mi David?my son David?”Et ait David:And David said,Vox mea,“It is my voice,domine mi rex.my lord the king.”

¹⁸Et ait:And he said:Quam ob causam dominus meus persequitur servum suum?“For what reason has my lord pursued his servant?quid feci?What have I done?aut quod est malum in manu mea?Or what evil is there in my hand?

¹⁸Et ait:And he said:Quam ob causam dominus meus persequitur servum suum?“For what reason has my lord pursued his servant?quid feci?What have I done?aut quod est malum in manu mea?Or what evil is there in my hand?

¹⁹Nunc ergo audi,Now therefore, listen,oro, domine mi rex,I beg you, my lord the king,verba servi tui: si Dominus incitat te adversum me,to the words of your servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me,odoretur sacrificium:let him make the sacrifice fragrant.si autem filii hominum,But if the sons of men have done so,maledicti sunt in conspectu Domini qui ejecerunt me hodie ut non habitem in hæreditate Domini,they are accursed in the sight of the Lord, who has cast me out this day, so that I would not live within the inheritance of the Lord,dicentes:saying, ‘Go,Vade, servi diis alienis.serve strange gods.’

¹⁹Nunc ergo audi,Now therefore, listen,oro, domine mi rex,I beg you, my lord the king,verba servi tui: si Dominus incitat te adversum me,to the words of your servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me,odoretur sacrificium:let him make the sacrifice fragrant.si autem filii hominum,But if the sons of men have done so,maledicti sunt in conspectu Domini qui ejecerunt me hodie ut non habitem in hæreditate Domini,they are accursed in the sight of the Lord, who has cast me out this day, so that I would not live within the inheritance of the Lord,dicentes:saying, ‘Go,Vade, servi diis alienis.serve strange gods.’

²⁰Et nunc non effundatur sanguis meus in terram coram Domino:And now, let not my blood be poured out upon the earth before the Lord.quia egressus est rex Israël ut quærat pulicem unum,For the king of Israel has gone out, so that he might seek a flea,sicut persequitur perdix in montibus.just as the partridge is pursued amid the mountains.”

²⁰Et nunc non effundatur sanguis meus in terram coram Domino:And now, let not my blood be poured out upon the earth before the Lord.quia egressus est rex Israël ut quærat pulicem unum,For the king of Israel has gone out, so that he might seek a flea,sicut persequitur perdix in montibus.just as the partridge is pursued amid the mountains.”

²¹Et ait Saul:And Saul said:Peccavi:“I have sinned.revertere,Return,fili mi David:my son David.nequaquam enim ultra tibi malefaciam,For I will never again do evil to you,eo quod pretiosa fuerit anima mea in oculis tuis hodie:because my life has been precious in your eyes this day.apparet enim quod stulte egerim,For it is apparent that I have acted senselessly,et ignoraverim multa nimis.and have been ignorant of very many things.”

²¹Et ait Saul:And Saul said:Peccavi:“I have sinned.revertere,Return,fili mi David:my son David.nequaquam enim ultra tibi malefaciam,For I will never again do evil to you,eo quod pretiosa fuerit anima mea in oculis tuis hodie:because my life has been precious in your eyes this day.apparet enim quod stulte egerim,For it is apparent that I have acted senselessly,et ignoraverim multa nimis.and have been ignorant of very many things.”

²²Et respondens David,And responding,ait:David said:Ecce hasta regis:“Behold,transeat unus de pueris regis,the king’s spear.et tollat eam.Let one of the servants of the king cross over and take it.

²²Et respondens David,And responding,ait:David said:Ecce hasta regis:“Behold,transeat unus de pueris regis,the king’s spear.et tollat eam.Let one of the servants of the king cross over and take it.

²³Dominus autem retribuet unicuique secundum justitiam suam et fidem:And the Lord will repay each one according to his justice and faith.tradidit enim te Dominus hodie in manum meam,For the Lord has delivered you this day into my hand,et nolui extendere manum meam in christum Domini.but I was not willing to extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord.

²³Dominus autem retribuet unicuique secundum justitiam suam et fidem:And the Lord will repay each one according to his justice and faith.tradidit enim te Dominus hodie in manum meam,For the Lord has delivered you this day into my hand,et nolui extendere manum meam in christum Domini.but I was not willing to extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord.

²⁴Et sicut magnificata est anima tua hodie in oculis meis,And just as your soul has been magnified this day in my eyes,sic magnificetur anima mea in oculis Domini,so let my soul be magnified in the eyes of the Lord,et liberet me de omni angustia.and may he free me from all distress.”

²⁴Et sicut magnificata est anima tua hodie in oculis meis,And just as your soul has been magnified this day in my eyes,sic magnificetur anima mea in oculis Domini,so let my soul be magnified in the eyes of the Lord,et liberet me de omni angustia.and may he free me from all distress.”

²⁵Ait ergo Saul ad David:Then Saul said to David:Benedictus tu,“You are blessed,fili mi David:my son David.et quidem faciens facies,And whatever you may do,et potens poteris.it shall certainly succeed.”Abiit autem David in viam suam,And David departed on his way.et Saul reversus est in locum suum.And Saul returned to his place.

²⁵Ait ergo Saul ad David:Then Saul said to David:Benedictus tu,“You are blessed,fili mi David:my son David.et quidem faciens facies,And whatever you may do,et potens poteris.it shall certainly succeed.”Abiit autem David in viam suam,And David departed on his way.et Saul reversus est in locum suum.And Saul returned to his place.